eidolon @shaderphantom@awoo.space

The first time I watched Rebellion, when it had its limited theatrical run in the US, I really enjoyed the movie but I thought it was kind of counterproductive to the themes of the anime.

Having finished it again just now with a fresh analysis and renewed love for the original anime series, I have even more complicated feelings about it.

I appreciate its observations on the curse of knowledge that was touched upon in the anime. Knowledge is isolating. Homura's Isolation Chamber is a literal manifestation of that. There's imagery of the forbidden fruit.

But I can't help that its narrative feels like it meanders between several different ideas, unsure of what overarching statement it wants to make, and ultimately ends up in a scenario where it is forced to negate the meaning of the anime's ending. It's as if the very hope the anime conveyed succumbed to nihilism. It seems ill placed as a conclusion to the main story.

There's a lot to be said about Homura's selfishness in bringing about a world where hope again doesn't exist, and instead we simply forget the horrible reality of the world they lived in. Homura takes the burden of hope away and instead shoulders the responsibility of despair on the Incubators. It's basically a revenge fantasy. I think in isolation the narrative of the movie does come together. But it ultimately doesn't quite feel right in context.

When I first watched Rebellion, I accepted that I would take the anime's ending as the true ending, but enjoy Rebellion's narrative by itself. Even having matured as a person since then, and coming to appreciate the anime all the more, I think this second watch has reinforced my thoughts on Rebellion. Which comes as a bit of a bittersweet disappointment.

archive.org is fucking awesome

Holy shit, what the fuck is going on with neoliberal pundits. Chris Matthews calling Bernie (Jewish with a family killed during the Holocaust) a Nazi, Joy Reid suggesting the Democrats will have to do something to subvert Bernie's meteoric rise, Chuck Todd calling supporters Brownshirts,

They are shitting themselves live on TV harder than they ever have about Trump. The charade is up.

can someone link me @hyperlink@snouts.online 's wolf guy thread

can you fucking feel the bern now

oh boy, I got my tax return!

immediately dumps it into property tax escrow

Breakfast taco time

i would definitely welcome intermediate level design tutorials for quake style games though

my favorite thing about quake maps is you can literally slap any arrangement of brushes and textures together and it will probably look okay after the lighting pass

Please deliver unto me, an Piz'za

Frustrating that nobody has come up with an accessible alternative to that style of level design that doesn't have the performance caveats

Shame that Source 2 has no equivalent to classic Hammer and planar brush geometry. I guess we really are past that era of 3D games.

American Millennials collectively crying out at the Animal Crossing Direct as they prepare for the work day because this is really all we have to hope for at this point

Basements DO NOT exist. They are FICTIONAL. I will not be taking questions at this time.

Fuck I kinda wanna make a Quake clone

Hug and Share until it is done

the only thing they fear is you